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Types Of Waves In The Electromagnetic Spectrum From Farthest Apart To Closest Together   Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-Ray, Gamma Ray  
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Irregular Galaxy   System of millions or billions of stars held together by gas and dust. It's held together by gravity  
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Nuclear Fusion   Atoms fuse together in the core of the sun because of tremendous heat and gravity. It creates energy and radiation.  
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Star Size Smallest To Largest   Quark, Neutron, White Dwarf, Medium Size, Giant, Super Giant  
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Star Size Coldest To Hottest   Red, Orange, Yellow, White, Blue  
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Life Cycle Of Sun   Nebula, Protostar, Medium Star, Red Giant, Outer Ring Blows Off, Star Condenses Into White Dwarf and Burns Into Black Dwarf  
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Spectroscope   A device that separates visible light into its component colors  
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Pluto was thought to be a   captured object from the Kuiper belt  
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Newtons 3rd Law   for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction  
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Name All 6 Orbital Theorists   Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Newton  
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Newton   proved elliptical orbits due to inertia and gravity  
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Kuiper Belt   pieces of nebulas that form comet-like objects outside of Pluto's orbit  
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Oort Cloud   sphere of debris surrounding the solar system, also contains comet-like objects  
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Magnetosphere   magnetic field around the earth that protects us from solar and magnetic radiation  
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How was the magnetosphere produced?   Our spinning core translates extra energy to the magnetic field  
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Aurora   Charged particles and plasma from the sun interact with the Van Allen belts and produce light in the gases of the atmosphere  
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4 types of satellites   Scientific, Navigational, Military, Communication  
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Salt water is _ of the earth's water   97  
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Freshwater is _ of earth's water   3  
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Groundwater is _ of the earth's water   .6  
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Drinkable water is _ of the earth's water   .09  
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How did the atmosphere form?   Hydrogen and Helium went into space, and volcanic outgassing released methane, ammonia, Co2, and Ho2, then the gases are broke down by sunlight  
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How was the ozone created?   Lightning breaks water vapor and C02 and it releases oxygen. This formed the ozone, allowing blue-green algae to grow. Then, the algae photosynthesized and produced oxygen gas.  
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3 temp zones from coldest to warmest   Surface, Thermocline, Deep Zone  
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Life Zones In The Ocean   Intertidal, Neritic, Open Ocean, and Deep Zone  
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Types Of Frozen Water   Glaciers, Ice Burgs, Ice Caps  
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Watershed   Sloped land that stores/provides water  
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Luminosity of a star depends on   size and temp  
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Ozone layer is found in the   stratosphere  
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